Wolfcast & Pod

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: This week, Reuben and Cara discuss "Disharmony," homophobia, speaking French for an entire episode, what I think the Buffyverse does best, and Harmony's love of status.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 39 Up and Sputtering Again

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara and Reuben discuss "Epiphany", sheries, productions in Vancouver, applauding growth as opposed to judging failures, having new epiphanies every week, the reality of the visions, and making the big bugs.Wolfcast & Pod 38 All Epiphany'd Off

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Reprise, Cara's potential script "Dead Air," how much plot, LeBron James dunking on 10 year-olds, why having the facts sometimes isn't enough, why we fight, and the lasting horrible images of abuse no matter their context.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 37 Goats Many

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara and Reuben discuss The Thin Dead Line, police malfeasance, racist characters, making concessions to the status quo while trying to be progressive, and Gunn & Anne's outlandish and indelicate disbelief in police brutality.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 36 A Little Shelter Tonight

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Happy Anniversary, not being annoying with anything, lots of different types of misogyny, dunking on physics, the two victims of the patriarchy, and Reuben coughs a lot (again).Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 35 Post Sympathy Bone Walkout

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara and Reuben discuss Blood Money, Reuben's never sad feelings, an early disagreement on Anne's morality (and stealing!), the wide variety of demon life on Angel, and David Boreanaz' beautiful pettiness.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 34 So We're Both Rude

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Redefinition, formal apologies, Reuben abandoning terrible jokes, Angel's supposed "darkness," being destructively chill, and listing synonyms as writing.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 33 They're Sweet Kids

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Reunion, great podcast ideas, how to get good performances with respect to realism, corporation's interest in employees' romantic lives, Holland Manner's "healthy" attachment to his wife, and Drusilla.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 32 Now Everybody's Home

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss The Trial, when to laugh or not, how little trial there is in the trial, Patricking a discussion, the human joy that is doing laundry, and we don't discuss my squeaky chair.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 31 Didn't We Learn Anything from the Tea

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara and Reuben discuss The Shroud of Rahmon, phony tension (and in media res), noir aesthetics, the economics of heist stories, and websites circa 2000's.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 30 Leave Your Tombs Earthed

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Darla, cross cutting, the development of Angel's accent, the shifting mission operandi of the Whedonverse, informed and enthusiastic consent, and Reuben is sick.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 29 The Wisest and Bravest Knight

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara and Reuben discuss Guise Will Be Guise, being super Canadian, enthusiastic consent, fathers and virginity, and the show's continued, accurate, and human pettiness regardless of the situation.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 28 There's No Wyndam-Pryce Agency

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Dear Boy, karaoke go to songs, disagreements about Julie Benz' acting, potential digs at both the fans and employees who make the show possible, and whether or not the writing is racist or calling out racism. Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 27 This Linguini Smells So True

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Cara discuss Untouched, late 90s/early 2000s henchmen, nighttime loungewear for women, the symbolic use of merry-go-rounds, and a bunch of truly weighty stuff that neither we nor the episode are totally equipped to dissect.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 26 Little Miss Time Bomb

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss First Impressions, the show's inability to handle issues concerning Black people and other PoC, a rogue writer perhaps hating Cordelia, one of the most minor quibbles I've ever made about anything, and the difficulty of acting when alone.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 25 These Two Love-vamps

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Marcia and Reuben discuss Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, the value of intentionally boring audiences, after effects tricks, closeted homosexuality in Hollywood, and how sometimes era based filmmaking feels like people playing dress up.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 24 Van Helsing Jr Crap

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss Judgment, their expectations for season 2, the guy at kink club who creeps everyone out, 90s montages, the art talents of the characters in the Buffyverse, and Lorne's sexuality.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 23 A Soul in His Heart

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Marcia and Reuben discuss To Shanshu in LA, the spoiler in the title, a show where every prophecy goes exactly as planned, ableism, and Angel's continued pettiness.RIP LicoriceWolfcast & Pod Ep. 22 Art's the Best Therapy

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss Blind Date, pokemon go, the various roles of the actor who plays Holland Manners, Black protest, and experience some static in the recording.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 21 Get to Steppin

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Cara, Reuben, and Basil have a roundtable discussion about the incredibly fraught topic of misogyny and sexual assault in the film/tv. We do our best, but I'm assuming we put our feet in our respective mouths multiple times. Regular episodes return next week, but I felt like Kai Cole's letter meant that this needed to be addressed before continuing.Oh and welcome back!Wolfcast & Pod Bonus Episode

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Marcia and Reuben discuss War Zone, white supremacist vampires, using the same bridge multiple times, the On the Waterfront era Marlon Brando of demons, how clothing works for vampires, and have their most internet stressed episode ever.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 20 Skulking Professionally

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss the Faith centric double episode, Five by Five and Sanctuary, when film and TV love to apologize, weird tattoo prejudice, Marcia's love of magical security, and Faith's lack of belief in accidents.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 18 & 19 Gone All Scully

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Marcia and Reuben discuss Eternity, our amazing and enormous fanbase, Angel's cavalcade of potential love interests, Joss Whedon's pettiness re: Hollywood, Angel's sexuality, and the creepiness of older actors playing younger characters (while still being sexual).Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 17 A Little Happy Pill

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss The Ring, Reuben's disproved episode prejudices that stick with him anyhow, the folly of younger siblings, Angel's love of languages, and the history of sci-fi/fantasy works hiding their people of color under layers of make-ups and costumes to exotify and erase their presence.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 16 The Whole Brotherhood Spiel

Incoming Message from the Higher Powers: Reuben and Marcia discuss The Prodigal, Reuben's surprise rating (even to himself), whether or not the production team knows the story of the prodigal son, vampsplaining, and the hut in the village women go to when they're having their periods.Wolfcast & Pod Ep. 15 Father of the Year Award